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Where does “rěk-” come from?

rěk- (Proto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Slavic -ь, from Proto-Indo-European -is — Forms nouns from verbs.

Ancestry of “rěk-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic-ьForms nouns; From adjectives; From participles
2Proto-Indo-European-isForms nouns from verbs

Words derived from “rěk-”

  • Rzeczpospolita
  • просторечие
  • речевой
  • противоречить
  • отречься
  • наречие
  • речь
  • rzeczoznawca
  • rzecz
  • rzeczpospolita
  • ugrzeczniać
  • grzeczny
  • Rzeczpospolita
  • ričnik
  • rič
  • ријеч
  • krasnorječiv
  • narečje
  • reč
  • riječ
  • краснорјечив
  • красноречив
  • rečnik
  • реч
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -is →